[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26347-26348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08994]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; NSF 
Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service Program (CyberCorps[supreg] SFS)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 
following information collection requirement to OMB for review and 
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second 
notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal 
Register, and no comments were received. NSF is forwarding the proposed 
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance 
simultaneously with the publication of this second notice.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAmain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 
Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone (703) 292-7556; or send email to 
[email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 
1-800-877-8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 
days a year (including Federal holidays).
    Comments: Comments regarding (a) whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the NSF, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the NSF's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
use, and clarity of the information on respondents; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology should be addressed to the points 
of contact in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Copies of the submission may be obtained by calling 703-292-7556. 
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the 
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control 
number, and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to 
the collection of information that such persons are not required to 
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: CyberCorps[supreg] SFS Scholarship Agreement 
to Serve or Repay.
    OMB Control No.: 3145-NEW.
    Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to establish an 
information collection for three years.
    Abstract: NSF published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on July 15, 
2022 (87 FR 42431), which included a requirement for an information

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collection. The proposed rule set forth additional information 
collection activities subject to OMB clearance and approval under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA). OPM, in 
operating the SFS program office on behalf of NSF, already has OMB 
clearance for information collected from scholarship recipients and 
others through its SFS online Web portal, which NSF's rule does not 
modify. See OMB Control Number 3206-0246.\1\
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    \1\ NSF also has its own OMB approval and clearance number 
(3145-0058) that applies when it collects information from 
institutions of higher education that seek or obtain grant awards 
under the CyberCorps[supreg] SFS program to fund scholarships to 
their students.
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    The additional information to be collected under the NSF's rule 
includes any additional employment, contact, or other information 
relating to a scholarship recipient's repayment obligation if the 
recipient fails to fulfill the terms and conditions of the scholarship, 
the conversion of that obligation into a Federal direct unsubsidized 
student loan administered by and payable to the Department of 
Education, and/or the referral of that repayment obligation to the 
Department of Treasury for amounts that remain unpaid and cannot be 
converted to such a loan. See Sec.  620.3, Sec.  620.6. This 
information collection activity would also include any form, 
questionnaire, or other set of identical questions relating to a 
scholarship recipient's request to defer or waive their service or 
repayment obligation. See Sec.  620.4, Sec.  620.5. The proposed rule 
document provided an estimate of the total number of respondents and 
annual burden hours. NSF received no public comments on the proposed 
information collection activities or burden estimates.
    Use of the Information: Information collected from scholarship 
recipients will be used to monitor their compliance with the program's 
service obligation, to update and maintain their current contact 
information in relevant agency records maintained by NSF and OPM, to 
answer questions regarding the recipient's repayment obligation or the 
conversion of that obligation to an unsubsidized student loan for 
collection purposes by the Department of Education, and to review and 
determine whether to grant or deny any individual requests or appeals 
to NSF for discharge or deferral of their repayment or service 
obligation. Information pertaining to the conversion of the recipient's 
obligation to a Federal unsubsidized student loan may be forwarded to 
and used by NSF, the Department of Education, and Department of 
Treasury, as applicable, for student loan management, tracking, and 
collection purposes. Information may also be used to prepare and 
disseminate aggregate statistics or other data to fulfill statutory 
program tracking, reporting, and evaluation requirements.
    Expected Respondents: Individual participants in the CyberCorps 
Scholarships for Service Program.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 20.
    Burden on the Public: 2 hours minutes per respondent for an 
estimated 40 hours annually.

    Dated: April 24, 2023.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2023-08994 Filed 4-27-23; 8:45 am]
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